` You will have heard of my friend the once celebrated novelist Jocelyn Tarbet, but I suspect his memory is beginning to fade... You`d never heard of me, the once obscure novelist Parker Sparrow, until my name was publicly connected with his. To a knowing few, our names remain rigidly attached, like the two ends of a seesaw. His rise coincided with, though did not cause, my decline... I don`t deny there was wrongdoing. I stole a life, & I don`t intend to give it back. You may treat these few pages as a confession.`A jewel of a book: a brand new short story from the author of Atonement. My violet Scented Novel follows the perfect crime of literary betrayal, scrupulously wrought yet unscrupulously executed, published to celebrate Ian Mc Ewan`s 70th birthday. ...

Caly Toys has produced this Roy Poly Inflatable Globe dedicated to toddlers to help them develop their motor skills & learn to count up to five, through play. This colourful & beautifully illustrated ball features a weight at one end that makes it to self righting, wobbling & zig-zagging, when thrown in the air. The colours are linked to continents, just like toddlers learn in preschool. Simple illustrations give examples of the population, vegetation & animals found around the world. Children can also learn to count up to five & this is why there are 2 whales, 3 wolves, 4 birds & 5 fishes on the globe. The manufacturer used a ‘shiny’ printing technique that produces a high quality gloss & finish. The globe comes in two different main colours, pink or blue & measure 38cm diameter. Packed in a presentation box the Roly Poly Inflatable Planet is ideal as gift for children aged 3+. ...

Caly Toys has produced this Roy Poly Inflatable Globe dedicated to toddlers to help them develop their motor skills & learn to count up to five, through play. This colourful & beautifully illustrated ball features a weight at one end that makes it to self righting, wobbling & zig-zagging, when thrown in the air. The colours are linked to continents, just like toddlers learn in preschool. Simple illustrations give examples of the population, vegetation & animals found around the world. Children can also learn to count up to five & this is why there are 2 whales, 3 wolves, 4 birds & 5 fishes on the globe. The manufacturer used a ‘shiny’ printing technique that produces a high quality gloss & finish. The globe comes in two different main colours, pink or blue & measure 38cm diameter. Packed in a presentation box the Roly Poly Inflatable Planet is ideal as gift for children aged 3+. ...

At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City & takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D. Salinger. She spends her days in the plush, wood-panelled agency, where Dictaphones & typewriters still reign & old-time agents doze at their desks after martini lunches, & at night she goes home to the tiny, threadbare Brooklyn apartment she shares with her socialist boyfriend. Precariously balanced between glamour & poverty, surrounded by titanic personalities & struggling to trust her own artistic sense, Joanna is given the task of answering Salinger`s voluminous fan mail. But as she reads the candid, heart-wrenching letters from his readers around the world, she finds herself unable to type out the agency`s decades-old form response. Instead, drawn inexorably into the emotional world of Salinger`s devotees, she abandons the template & begins writing back... Poignant, keenly observed & irresistibly funny, My Salinger Year is a memoir about literary New York in the late 1990s, a pre-digital world on the cusp of vanishing, where a young woman finds herself swept into one of the last great stories & entangled with one of the last great figures of the century. Above all, it is the coming-of-age story of a talented writer & a testament to the universal power of books to shape our lives. ...

Aidan has spent most of his life keeping a low profile because his mum has a terrible secret
- one that he can`t be trusted to
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Flossie is just nine years old when, in 1939, Britain declares war on Germany & her father leaves the family home to join the army. Flossie is left to bring up her baby brother & to face a whole host of new experiences on her own. Her diary becomes an outlet for relaying all the news from at home & abroad. From the first evacuees arriving to her sweetheart`s being killed in Normandy in 1944, Flossie has to endure much hardship. But her own special blend of courage, humour & fighting spirit sees her through to the Armistice, when she can welcome her dad home at last. ...

This is a step-by-step beginner`s guide for your sewing machine. My Sewing Machine Book is a clear, fun & fresh introduction to sewing on a machine for kids. Packed with easy sewing projects, templates & patterns so your sewing machine projects are successful first-time. Get great tips for threading the machine & picking fabrics then create fun crafts from headbands to pillow cases. The friendly jargon-free instructions & step-by-step photos walk you through everything you need to know to get to grips with your machine. Newly learned skills can then be put to the test with 20 creative & original projects to make, from bags & accessories to cushions & toys. ...

An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa & Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner. Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared. But Becky didn`t just disappear
- she jumped off a tall building & seemingly never reached the ground. It was as if she simply vanished into thin air. Did Jazmin have something to do with her disappearance? Or was it more to do with Icarus, so beguiling & strangely ever youthful, with whom Becky became suddenly besotted... With detailed & intriguing black & white illustrations throughout.
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An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa & Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner. Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared. But Becky didn`t just disappear
- she jumped off a tall building & seemingly never reached the ground. It was as if she simply vanished into thin air. Did Jazmin have something to do with her disappearance? Or was it more to do with Icarus, so beguiling & strangely ever youthful, with whom Becky became suddenly besotted...
Includes: detailed & intriguing black & white illustrations throughout.

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Theo Randall loves Italian food. As head chef at the iconic River Cafe he won a Michelin star for his Italian menus & his restaurant Theo Randall at the Inter Continental is consistently voted on of the best Italians in the UK. In his new book, Theo wants to show you how to make his favourite Italian dishes at home
- the food he cooks & eats when he`s not working at his restaurant. Theo focuses on what he loves best
- a few finest top quality ingredients making perfectly balanced flavour combination
- & offers over 100 recipes with simple methods that work in a home kitchen. For Theo, food is a pleasure to be shared with friends & family & cooking should be relaxing, enjoyable. With this in mind, Theo`s recipes take from just 15 minutes to make from scratch so you can pick a dish depending on the time you have, then spend more time eating, enjoying & sharing the food you`ve prepared. Chapters are split by meal times with an emphasis on simplicity, with big & small sharing plates & lots of one-pots on offer. There are speedy starters, mains & puddings but Theo shows you how to make Italian staples from scratch too. So, when you do have time & want to make your own pastry or bake your own pizza, you have the best recipes to h&. Fresh & innovative, Theo`s approach means you can relax at mealtimes while enjoying delicious food every day of the week.


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